[Tango-L] Smooth Tango :: Two tone wingtips do not a leader make

[Tango22]

Richard,
Since when can't you execute a front ocho in a tango embrace?  I agree  
that open-embrace adopts an expanded set of (usually rote-learned)  
figures comprising a number of steps, mostly adaptations of  
performance or demonstration (no judgement intended here).  Close- 
embrace is not based on figures at all, but technique, from which  
figures are created as you dance, responding to the music, your  
partner and the other dancers; perhaps never to be repeated.  Would  
you kindly explain what you mean by "dancing to a different tempo".  I  
would have thought that the music always dictates the tempo / rhythm /  
feel of every dance.
John


On 07/02/2009, at 3:24 AM, tango-l-request at mit.edu wrote:

> From: Richard
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:37 AM
> ....... In fact, in salon tango you are pressed against your
> partner until you need to do a figure (front ochos spring to mind)
> where the embrace needs to breathe. Close embrace itself doesn't  
> open up, uses a subset of the figures of salon tango, and is danced  
> at a slightly different tempo than salon tango.